Like Nietzsche's own writings on education, most of mine were relatively youthful ones. Both were inspired by a critical animus against prevailing… — David E. Cooper Animus Copy Share Image
As for the meaning of gardens, particular gardens may have, of course, all sorts of different meanings - emotive, historical, emblematic, religious,… — David E. Cooper Copy Share Image
The demands of the economy, and more recently those of political correctness and the diktat against ever offending anyone, are not conducive… — David E. Cooper Classroom Copy Share Image
I'm very sceptical about the prospects for 'big' environmental causes - 'saving the planet', halving the world's population, ending the exploitation of… — David E. Cooper Animal Copy Share Image
It is indeed impossible to describe reality 'in itself', but that does not mean that our lives are answerable to nothing but… — David E. Cooper Commitment Copy Share Image
For me, the existentialists are important critics of 'absolutist' claims, and Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty are, at least in their later writings, also… — David E. Cooper Copy Share Image
The aim of dis-incumbence is a hubristic one, for it requires confidence in the ability of men and women to live in… — David E. Cooper Ability Copy Share Image
Certainly each side - the 'absolutists' and the 'constructivists' or 'humanists', as I've labelled them - accuses the other of hubris, and… — David E. Cooper Copy Share Image
